Poor Utah has been needing to do some soul searching offensively for about 3-4
seasons now. It seemed like Travis Wilson had figured something out early in
the season, but he's lost it as quickly as he found it. Hopefully he gets
better again when that hand improves.

I would be much happier if Utah, USU and BYU were all winning, but must give a
nod to the Utes for now having the 4th toughest schedule in the nation.
We'll never know what would have happened if BYU or USU were playing that
schedule, but it is really tough to have a confident attitude if you kill
yourself with turnovers!

@ True Blue "BYU has clearly surpassed Utah as the best team in the
state"

Keep telling yourself that and ignore that:

Utah beat BYU on their home field

Utah has beaten BYU 4 in a row

Utah has the #4 schedule in the country, and after playing #25 ASU and
#2 Oregon, Utah will most likely have the #1 toughest schedule

Utah
has had a tougher schedule than BYU since entering the PAC12

BYU is
2-4 against PAC12 teams since Utah joined that conference

BYU's
best win is Houston and worst loss is 2-6 Virginia

Utah's best
win is #5 Stanford and worst loss is 5-3 USC

Virginia's only
other win this season is against the Virginia Military Institute

Make
no mistake, I'm calling Utah a bad PAC12 team. But the fact that BYU
can't beat a P12 cellar dweller speaks volumes about where the Y’s
program is. They’re clearly not the best team in the state. Utah has
already won the Beehive boot, that debate is over.

Well, the Utes cannot claim to be the "Best in the State" any longer.
Yes, they can claim them beat both USU and and BYU, and congrats to them for
that. But as a BYU fan, I'm glad to see our success and I hope it
continues. Next up, Wisconsin.

In talking with a Ute fan, they only seem to be talking about the one win over
BYU, like it was the MOST important game of the season. But, I think the
rankings speak louder. After a a few weeks of very painful football, I'm
glad BYU finally found their rhythem. I'm impressed by the Aggies, too!
Way to go, Utah State!

Hard to move up the rankings when you can't win. Hard to win when you score
3 points. Utah better get the offensive side of the ball figured out real quick
or 5-7 is going to become a harsh reality. How depressing.

U 90 You fudge the numbers a little bit.BYU lost to two of the worst
teams on the schedule according to the rankings.BYU's schedule is
tougher than a lot of SEC schools according to Sagarin rankings.I give the
U credit. but C'mon man BYU is playing really well(the utes problem
is an unhealthy qb the last two games, how many teams would they beat with that?
That is what the rankings are based off of)Utah won on the field, but in
Utah's current state, I will say they are good but probably not the best
team right now.

This "best in state" discussion is tiresome and relatively meaningless.
Clearly BYU is playing better football, has a better record, playing most of
their games before a national TV audience, and is bowl-eligible against a tough
schedule. Utah beat BYU and USU, has a big win against Stanford and ute fans
are content with he opportunity to at least PLAY in a major conference and
thrilled to have great teams grace them with their presence by coming to RES.
USU is still battling in the MWC, tied with BSU for the lead. So by all
accounts, all three fanbases should be perfectly happy, right?

Too bad being anything less than #25 doesn't matter in the national scheme
of things - only teams finishing in the top 25 of ANY poll or BCS ranking get
recognized by the media, recruits, etc.

We'll see where everyone
is at the end of the season (schedule strength will change as teams win and lose
between now and then).

Utah will likely become bowl-eligible, they
have a bye week to get rested and figure out their offense issues. BYU will
likely lose a few games and come back to earth, and USU has several chances to
get to 6 wins still and be eligible for a bowl.